Mandala of Eight Great Bodhisattvas Yulin Cave 25, east wall Middle Tang (781–848)
Four Mandalas of the Vajravali Cycle Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang region, central Tibet 1429–1456 pigments on cloth
Vajrabhairava Solitary of Rwa Lotsawa Tradition Western mural painting in Hevajra Chapel, middle floor, Gongkar Chode Monastery, Gongkar County, Lhokha, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) ca. 1464–1476 Khyentse Chenmo (active 15th century)
Hevajra Northern mural painting in Hevajra Chapel, middle floor, Gongkar Chode Monastery, Gongkar County, Lhokha, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) ca. 1464–1476 Khyentse Chenmo (active 15th century)
Pavilion of Raining Flowers (Yuhua Ge 雨花閣) Beijing Qing dynasty
Vimalakirti-nirdesha Sutra (Tibetan Ruler Listening to the Dharma) Mogao Cave 360, east wall, south side; Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China
The “Three Silver Brothers” Manjushri – Avalokiteshvara – Vajrapani (left to right) Western Tibet, Puhrang area early 13th century Brass with copper, silver and gilding
Mold for clay image (tsatsa) of Vajrapani Bodhisattva Suryabaskara Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha Bodhisattvas Maitreya and Manjushri in Tushita Pure Realm Maitreya Illuminated Manuscript Page Depicting Four Forms of Mahakala & Vaishravana Avalokiteshvara Medicine Buddha Palace (copy of first painting from the set of the Tibetan Medical Paintings from Mentsikhang Lhasa) Buddha’s Birth, from a set of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha, Print from a woodblock Mandala of Chakrasamvara Vajrabhairava with Consort Vajravetali Buddha Vairochana Arhat Ajita Shrine Cabinet (chosham) Manjushri Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Temple Banner with Seven Symbols of Royal Power and Offerings Chabui (r); album leaf from Album of the Bust Portraits of Yuan Empresses (Yuandai hou banshen xiang shou ce 元代后半身像手冊) probably Daidu (Beijing), China Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) ink and color on silk
Chakrasamvara and the Footprints of Drigungpa Jikten Sumgon (1143–1217) Tibet before 1217 pigments on silk
Changkya Rolpai Dorje China 18th century ink and colors on silk
Damchen, the Oath-Bound Protector Gura Sharkha, Minyak, Kham region, eastern Tibet dated 1655 Attributed by inscription to Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674) ground mineral pigment on silk
Decanter, Cup, and Rhyton Tibet mid- to late 7th or 8th century partially gilt silver
Deities of the Padmakula Mandala Dunhuang, China period of Tibetan rule (ca. 781–848) pigments on silk
Demon-Binding Against Sickness Dolpo region, western Nepal ca. 1975 ink on paper
Design for Grand Maitreya Project, work-in-progress near Ulaanbaatar
Detail of a nobleman’s robe Delgerkhaan soum, Khentii Province, Mongolia Mongol Imperial period, 14th century appliqué, embroidery, silk, cotton
Bunga Dyo, the Legend of Red Avalokiteshvara Nepal 1712 pigments on cloth
Detail of Morality Tale of Vidura from chapter 76 in the Wish-fulfilling Vine (Bodhisattvavadanakalpalata) Southern mural painting of the original Main Assembly Hall, ground floor, Gongkar Chode Monastery, Gangto Village, Gongkar County, Lhokha, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) ca. 1464–1476 Khyentse Chenmo (active 15th century)
Detail of Second Tashi Gomang Densatil Monastery, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) erected from 1360 for Drakpa Gyeltsen Pietro Francesco Mele (Italian, born ca. 1924) gelatin silver print, 1948
Detail of Two Arhats and Heshang with a Woman Washing Daikon Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China dated 1660 Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674) ink and pigment on silk
Detail of Yongle Handscroll, “Delivering the Soul of Ming Taizu,” at Lingusi, Nanjing, with inscriptions in Chinese, Persian, Tay, Tibetan, and Mongolian China 1407 ink and color on silk
Drawing of Vajravarahi ca. 1687 Lhodrak Kukye Norbu Gyatso (active late 17th century) ink on paper
Elephant-skin drum with stone base inside Longguodian (Hall of Dynastic Prosperity) China Ming dynasty (1368–1644) elephant skin, wood, stone
Folios from a Biography of Milarepa Tibet 17th–18th century ink on colors on paper
Forty-Three-Deity Mandala of Manjuvajra central Tibet 1375–1380 distemper on cloth
Frontispiece from the Great Destroyer of the Thousand Foes (Mahasahasrapramardani) Sutra Manuscript Tibet ca. 13th–14th century Ink and pigments on paper
Frontispiece of the Chinese translation of Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra (Diamond Sutra) Dunhuang, present-day Gansu Province, China 11 May 868 CE woodblock print, ink on paper
Garudasana Vishnu Changu Narayan Temple; Nepal ca. 7th–8th century stone
Pancharaksha (Five Protections ) illuminated manuscriptNepal 1138 Sri Ananda Buddhi, Nepalese (b. 12th century) ink and opaque watercolor on palm leaf
Going on Pilgrimage on All Fours and An Ascetic Sleeping on the Points of a Thousand Wooden Spikes India ca. 1940 Gendun Chopel (Tibetan, 1903–1951) watercolor
Green Tara central Tibet ca. 1260s gum tempera, ink, pigments, gold on sized cotton
Green Tara Khara Khoto, Inner Mongolia, China; Western Xia late 12th–13th century silk tapestry with slits (kesi)
Halo with etched Buddha at Awakening and Attendants Kashmir ca. 720 brass, silver, copper
Handheld Drum (Damaru) Tibet or Mongolia early 20th century wood, silk, leather, cornelian
Incense burner with Yongle-period inscription in Chinese, Tibetan, and Sanskrit China 15th century; Yongle reign (1402–1424) marble
Interior view of the “Jung Ho [Ronghe] idol factory” (copper workshop) located near the Yonghegong Monastery, Beijing, China 1930s
Janbahadya, the White Avalokiteshvara of Jana Bahal, also known as Seto Macchendranath Kathmandu, Nepal date uncertain wood, paint
Jataka of the Bodhisattva Sonam Tob (Story 90); north wall of the ground-floor circumambulatory passage Zhalu Monastery; Tsang District, central Tibet 14th century mineral and vegetal pigments on dry clay wall
Karmapa in Cave (Tenth Karmapa, Sixth Gyeltsab, and Kuntu Zangpo) Tibet or Gyeltang, northern Yunnan 17th century (ca. 1668–1674) Attributed to Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674) pigments on silk
Karmapa with His Footprints central Tibet late 12th–early 13th century pigments on silk
King of Lijiang, Mu Zeng (1598–1646; r. 1598–1624/46), Official Portrait Lijiang, China Qing dynasty (1644–1911) album leaf, ink and pigment on paper
Lacquered Wood Duomu Pitcher with Gold Floral Designs China 19th–20th century lacquer, wood, gold
Lama Zhang Tangut Xixia 1032–1227 kesi silk tapestry
Livestock Charm primarily Dolpo region, Nepal since 1975 ink on paper
Maitreya Mongolia 1680s Zanabazar (1635–1723) gilt bronze with blue pigment in the hair
Maitreya Mongolia 1680s Zanabazar (1635–1723) gilt bronze with blue pigment in the hair
Canopy of a Mahakala Yantra Tibet 18th century ground mineral pigment on cotton
Mandala of Sarvavid Vairocana (Durgatiparisodhana from the Vajradhatu Mandala Series) Inner Mongolia or Beijing ca. 18th century colors on cloth with cloth mounting
Mandala of the Buddhist Deity Chakrasamvara Nepal dated 1490 mineral pigments on cotton cloth
Mandala of the Sun God Surya Surrounded by Eight Planetary Deities Nepal likely 1379 distemper on cloth
Mandala with the Five Dhyani (Meditation) Buddhas, symbolic of the five cosmic elements, identifiable as Vairochana (center), Amitabha (top), Ratnasambhava (left), Amoghasiddhi (right); and Akshobhya (bottom) Dunhuang, China ca. 851–900 ink on paper
Manjughosha Emperor, Niched hanging shrine panel, Eastern Side Hall, Pavilion of Raining Flowers Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, and Vajrapani Imperial Workshop, Nanjing or Beijing Yongle period (r. 1403–1424) gilt brass
Manjushri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom Tibet 11th century silver, inlaid with copper, with traces of blue pigment
Manjushri, torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014 flour, butter, natural pigments
Marpa Lotsawa (1012–1097) Tibet 17th century Attributed by inscription to Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674) pigments on silk
Monk’s Cap Ewer (Sengmao ju) Jingdezhen, China Yongle Period (1403–1424); collection of Shah Jahan where it was incised with date 1053 AH (or 1643–1644) porcelain with transparent glaze
Mount Meru Palace Mandala Yachengar Monastery, Kham region, eastern Tibet (present-day Sichuan Province) gilt metal repoussé
Mu Zeng as a Monk (木生白画像) Xitansi Monastery, Chicken Foot Mountain, Yunnan Province, China 17th century pigments on silk
Musical Notations of Mahakala Melodies Written by the Ninth Karmapa (Tib. Mgon po’i dbyangs yig Karma pa dgu pa’i phyag bris), pages 44 and 63 ink and pigments on paper
One Hundred and Eight Stupas arranged in a triangular shape on the hill China period (1038–1227) masonry
Pakpa Lokeshvara Nepal 7th century wood, gold paint
Palden Lhamo, torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014 flour, butter, natural pigments
Panoramic Map of Mount Wutai Cifu Temple, Wutaishan, China 1846 Monk Lhundrub, engraver of Sanggai Aimag (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) woodblock print on linen, hand colored
Panoramic View of Mount Wutai Mogao Cave 61, Dunhuang, northwestern Gansu Province, China ca. 948 ink and pigments on earthen plaster
Pensive Avalokiteshvara Imperial Workshop, Nanjing or Beijing Yongle period (r. 1403–1424) gilt brass
Pensive Avalokiteshvara Gandhara 2nd–3rd century gray schist
Pensive Avalokiteshvara Swat 7th century brass
Pensive Avalokiteshvara on the back of Maitreya Statue Yecheng, Hebei Province 547 bas-relief, white stone
Prajnaparamita with Devotees; folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita manuscript (The Perfection of Wisdom) Toling Monastery, Ngari region, western Tibet 11th century ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Qubilai Khan; album leaf from Album of the Bust Portraits of Yuan Emperors (Yuandai di banshen xiang ce 元代帝半身像冊) probably Daidu (Beijing), China Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) ink and color on silk
Raktayamari Imperial Workshop, South China Ming Yongle period (r. 1403–1424)
Roll of Mantras for a Prayer Wheel and Its Spindle Tibet ca. 12th–13th century black ink on paper with metal spindle
Sarvavid Vairochana Mandala Tibet 17th century pigments on cloth
Scenes from the Early Life of the Buddha western Tibet or western Nepal 14th century ink and pigment on cotton
Seated Bodhisattva China late 13th–14th century porcelain with relief decoration under bluish-white glaze
Seated Buddha Flanked by Maitreya and Avalokiteśvara Palola Shahi Kingdom April 23, 715 brass with silver
Second Jamyang Zhepa (1728–1791), torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014 flour, butter, natural pigments
Set of Saddle Plates Tibet or China ca. 1400 iron, gold, lapis lazuli, turquoise
Shakyamuni Flanked by His Main Disciples Lijiang, Yunnan Province 17th century Karmapa workshop ink and color on silk
Shakyamuni, torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014 flour, butter, natural pigments
Sketches of Floral Patterns and Mythological Creatures, pages from a sketchbook in a folding book (thyasaphu) format Tibet (and Nepal?) 1435 Jivarama (active in 15th century) ink and colors on paper
Standing Bodhisattva with Yongle-period inscription in Chinese, Tibetan, and Sanskrit on the base China 15th century, Yongle period (1403–1424) gilt bronze
Standing Buddha Shakyamuni Northern Asoka Stupa, Patan, Nepal ca. 9th century stone
Statue of Manjushri Efi (efü?) khalkha süme, Shiliin Gol League (formerly in Chakhar), Inner Mongolia mid-18th century gilt copper alloy with lacquer and pigments, inset with gems
Statue of the bodhisattva Manjushri with Yongle reign inscription in Chinese on the lotus base China 15th century; Yongle reign (1402–1424) gilt brass, lost-wax casting
Statue of White Tara Dolonnuur, Inner Mongolia 18th or 19th century gilded bronze
Stone carving of twenty-one buddhas and two bodhisattvas Manthal village of Skardu, Pakistan ca. late 8th century
Stone relief on a wall of Qianlong’s underground tomb Yuling 裕陵 Mausoleum, Eastern Tombs
Stūpas in Old Carvings India ca. 1940 Gendun Chopel (Tibetan, 1903–1951) watercolor
The Akshobya Mandala and White and Blue Achala Segoma Lhakhang, Zhalu Monastery; Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 14th century mineral and vegetal pigments on dry clay wall
The Black Treasury Manuscript, Dream of the Four Pillars Tibet ca. 1475 ink and colored pigment on paper
The Buddha’s Footprints and Incarnations of Avalokiteshvara Tibet 10–11th century ground mineral pigments on silk
The Ninth Karmapa (left) and the Sixth Zhamar (right), editor of the Jang (Lijiang) Kangyur, frontispiece of the catalog (karchak) by the Sixth Zhamar, vol. 109 of the Jang Satham (Lijiang) edition of the Tibetan Kangyur, folio 1a Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 1621 ink on paper
The North Fort at Taku, China, 1860 North Fort at Taku, China 1860 Felice Beato (British, 1832–1909) albumen print
Thirteen-Deity Mandala of Jnanadakini central Tibet 1375–1380 distemper on cloth
Thirteenth Karmapa, Dudul Dorje (1733–1797), from a Pelpung set of Masters of the Combined Kagyu Lineages Kham region, eastern Tibet ca. 1760s mineral pigments on cotton, silk brocade mount
Thirty-Two-Deity Mandala of Aksobhyavajra, the second painting of the Vajravali set commissioned in memory of Lama Dampa central Tibet, Sakya tradition 1375–1380 distemper on cloth
Vairochana and the Eight Bodhisattvas Markham, Tibet (present-day TAR, China)
Vajradhatu (Diamond Realm) Mandala central Tibet 14th century distemper and gold on cloth; 36×29½ in. (91.4 × 74.9 cm); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Lent by The Kronos Collections
Vajrapani Mongolia late 19th century Tsend, Tavkhai Bor, Danjin, Baldangombo, and Khasgombo appliqué, embroidery
Vasudhara Mandala Nepal dated 1777 (Samvat 897) distemper on cloth
View of Putuo Zongcheng Temple Chengde, China 1767–1771
Virupa China Yongle period (1402–1424) gilt-copper alloy
Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara, with Xuanzang, a Monkey-Headed Protector, and a White Horse Cave 2 of East Thousand-Buddha Grottoes; Tangut Kingdom (Xixia) (present-day Guazhou, Gansu Province, China) ca. 12th–13th century
White Stupa, known as Precious Stupa of Great Compassion and Longevity, and its surroundings Great Precious Stupa Cloister Monastery; Mount Wutai, Shanxi Province, China 1301, renovated in 1407 masonry
Wind-Powered Prayer Wheel (mani lung khor) Tibet before 1920 metal, ink, paper, bamboo, string
Xijindu Stupa Gate Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province dated 1311
Yamantaka Palace Mandala Potala Palace, Lolang Lhakhang, Lhasa, U region, central Tibet 1751 gilt brass repoussé on wooden armature, with precious stone and other inlays
Red-Robed Monk of the Western Regions 1304 Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322) ink and colors on paper
Zhenjue Temple, the Five Pagoda Temple Beijing, China 1473
Zhitro Mandala 2000 Pema Namdol Thaye (American, b. 1967, Bhutan) gilt metal on wooden armature, polymeric resin compound (for minor decorative caste motifs such as animals, tassels, banners, and Buddhist emblems), semi-precious stone inlays, pearls, colored glass, and more
“Long Live the Emperor” Tablet Longguodian (Hall of Dynastic Prospertity), Quantsi; Drotsang, Tsongka, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (present-day Ledu county, Qinghai Province, China) 1427 nanmu wood, lacquer, and stone
“Cloud Faced” Black-Cloaked Mahakala Tibet 16th century either painted or inscribed by the Eighth Karmapa (1507–1554) ink and gold line on cloth
A Case of Tibetan Kangyur Nanjing, Imperial Workshop 1410 (eighth year of Yongle reign) paper, woodblock printing
Achala Tangut Xixia, excavated from Kara Khoto 13th century pigments on cotton
Amitayus, torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014 flour, butter, natural pigments
Appliqué Cloth Thangka of Maitreya Gyantse 1437–1439 based on sketch of Sonam Peljor colored silk embroidered on silk
Arhat Ajita China Yongle period (1402–1424) mineral pigments on silk
Arhat, possibly Vanavasa Imperial Workshop, Nanjing or Beijing Yongle period (r. 1403–1424) ink, pigments, and gold on silk
Avalokiteshvara Kashmir early 11th century brass or metal alloy with copper and silver inlay
Avalokiteshvara Yatse Kingdom (Khasa Malla Kingdom), western Nepal/western Tibet ca. 13th–14th century gilt-copper alloy
Avalokiteshvara Tamshing Lhundrub Choling Temple, upper floor, Bumthang District, Bhutan 1503–1505 with potential later interventions mural
Avalokiteshvara seated in the Maharajajila posture China ca. 10th–13th century limestone
Avalokiteshvara in His Potala Pure Land Tibet late 18th–early 19th century pigments on cloth, silk brocade, cotton backing
Avalokiteshvara, after Situ’s set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas Kham region, eastern Tibet 19th century pigments on cotton
Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, Vajrapani, and the Six Buddhas of the Wheel of Existence Darjeeling, India 20th–21st century mural
Avalokiteshvara, torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014 flour, butter, natural pigments
Avalokiteshvara, traced from a composition by Konchok Pende of E (from Situ’s set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas) Kham region, eastern Tibet 19th century pigments on cloth
Banquet Set with Ewer, Decanter, and Plate Tibet Yarlung dynasty, 600–800 hammered gold, turquoise
Black Cloak Mahakala Kham Province, eastern Tibet 18th century Situ Panchen (1700–1774) pigments on silk
Boddhisattva Avalokiteshvara Nepal 6th–7th century wood, white gesso, polychrome paint
Bodhisattva China 13th century lacquer, cloth, traces of blue, gold, and green paint, gold leaf
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara/Padmapani Arabkhanchina; Swat Kingdom (present-day Swat District, Pakistan) 7th–8th century
Buddha Kasyapa, Buddha Shakyamuni, and Maitreya (the Buddhas of the Past, Present, and Future) Phurdrup Monastery, Bhutan ca. 19th century Attributed to a sculptor of the Hephu tradition painted clay
Buddha Shakyamuni Bhinche Baha, Patan, Nepal 8th–9th century
Buddha Shakyamuni, central painting from a set of seven paintings Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China dated 1660 Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674)
Buddha Vairochana Bimda Temple; near Jyekundo (present-day Qinghai Province, China) 806 stone with painted and textile decoration
Bungama Lokeshvara in [of] Nepal Depicted as a Conventional Avalokiteshvara Nepal 1701
Celestial Musician (Kinnara) Playing a Pipa (Lute) Tibetan Empire 608–866 gilded silver
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